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The Truth About Healing

“Before you heal someone, ask him if he is willing to give up the things that make him sick.”

I came across that quote recently, and even though it's often attributed to Hippocrates, it immediately made me think of Jesus.

Jesus didn't just go around healing people because He could — He always looked deeper. Into the heart. Into the soul. Into the will.

In John 5, Jesus meets a man who’s been paralyzed for 38 years. That’s a lifetime of waiting, hoping, hurting. But before healing him, Jesus asks something unexpected:

“Do you want to be made well?” (John 5:6)

It seems like a strange question. Of course he wants to be healed, right? But Jesus isn’t just asking about his legs. He’s asking about his life.

Because healing — true healing — isn’t just physical. It’s spiritual. It’s emotional. And it almost always requires letting go of something we've held onto for too long.

Do You Really Want to Be Made Well?

It’s easy to say yes. But healing asks something of us.

It asks us to walk away from our old habits.

It asks us to stop feeding the bitterness we’ve nurtured.

It asks us to let go of fear, comfort zones, and even the pain we’ve used to define ourselves.

That’s the part we don’t like to admit: sometimes we’re more attached to what’s hurting us than we realize.

Jesus told people, “Go and sin no more.” He told them to take up their cross and follow Him. He invited them into freedom — but it was never without cost. It required a shift in their lives.

You can't be set free if you're still clinging to the chains.

What About Us?

I’ve had to ask myself lately: Am I really ready to be healed?

Not just prayed for.

Not just comforted.

Not just rescued in the moment.

But healed. Whole. Different. Walking in freedom — even if that freedom means discomfort, change, or leaving something behind.

What about you?

Is there something in your life right now that you’ve been asking God to heal — but deep down, you know it would mean letting go of something you’re not ready to release?

Maybe it's resentment. Maybe it's control. Maybe it's a toxic relationship, or a mindset that’s been keeping you stuck.

Healing is possible. Jesus still heals. But He won’t force it on you. He’ll ask:

“Do you want to be made well?”

And He’ll wait for your answer.

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